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Hi. Im 16 years old. I have no boxing experience but im starting in a gym next month. Im very interested in boxing. Could i make money out of it someday or make a career out of it? Am i starting this too late? I dont want a normal job.

Hi. Im 16 years old. I have no boxing experience but im starting in a gym next month. Im very interested in boxing. Could i make money out of it someday or make a career out of it? Am i starting this too late? I dont want a normal job.

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Rugby, even if comparing with “American” football. Association football is primarily about skill - and you haven’t asked about Gaelic football, nor Aussie Rules, based on the tags. Rugby league is even more fast-paced (compared to American football) than union, but that means no rucks or mauls, which is where the...
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Best answer: Rugby, even if comparing with “American” football. Association football is primarily about skill - and you haven’t asked about Gaelic football, nor Aussie Rules, based on the tags. Rugby league is even more fast-paced (compared to American football) than union, but that means no rucks or mauls, which is where the dirty work gets done.
American football is a bit like amateur boxing, with plenty of protective gear and short explosive burst of play, even shorter than the 2-minute rounds of Olympic boxing. Rugby, on the other hand, is two times forty minutes of much more continuous play, without much padding at all. In terms of martial arts, it is more like a bare-knuckle boxing match - in which it hurts the guy putting in the hits too - without any rounds, but officially with no strikes below the belt not above the shoulders.
Of course there are various positions in rugby which require various skills, but one common skill is the ability to tackle aggressively (but legally) with every intent of making your opponent hurt so much that he won’t try to get through you again. Rugby - and rugby union in particular - is a mental game, by which I mean both good communication within the team but above all also the psychological side, of being prepared to take a big knock and get back up and get - again perfectly legally - your opponent back.
I used a boxing analogy earlier, but perhaps oriental martial arts are better. Association football is like tai chi, graceful but without contact. American football’s aggression in the scrimmage resembles sumo wrestling. Rugby union is more like judo at pace, but where the ball-carrier wants to keep some control of the ball and isn’t allowed to do much more than fend off their tackler.
American football is definitely more explosive, but because the offence and defence take breaks - and at the professional levels these breaks are even longer - there is much less scope for uncontrolled agression, too. Here is a short clip of the ‘99 call’: